The Night She Disappeared

Written By Miriam Hanna

The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell

Reviewed by Mimi
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Thank you to @penguinbooks for this copy!

I always love a good mystery novel but it can feel like a tired and overdone genre if the writing is lazy and story predictable. This was one of the good ones.

A young couple Tallulah and Zach who have recently had a new baby go missing after a night out, leaving their little boy behind. A murder mystery writer called Sophie moves into the area and finds herself drawn to this young couple's story after a series of events that pulls her into the investigation. Tallulah's mother Kim is insistent that there is no way Tallulah would leave her little boy and run off as many suspect and Sophie is the first person to hear her in a long time.

As the story unravels there is a lot more going on that might be first expected. It is a pacey read with characters that have a heart and engage you really quickly in the story. I felt that it was really authentic. The way that these lives were examined, it felt like it could have been something that happened in any small town or village.

If you're looking for something to power through and get the detective juices going, look no further!

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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